Phi Theta Kappa Chapter Chartered at Los Angeles Southwest College
JACKSON, MS - A chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society has been chartered
at Los Angeles Southwest College in California.
Phi Theta Kappa
Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest
honor society in American higher education with 1,250 chapters on college
campuses in all 50 of the United States, Canada, Germany, the Republic of
Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,
the British Virgin Islands, the United Arab Emirates and U.S. territorial
possessions. More than two million students have been inducted since its
founding in 1918, with approximately 100,000 students inducted annually.
Forty-two
Los Angeles Southwest College students were inducted as charter members
in a ceremony held on May 15. Sal Addotta, Phi Theta Kappa advisor at Santa
Ana College, served as the Phi Theta Kappa headquarters representative
for the chartering ceremony. Oscar Cobian, Acting Dean, T.R.I.O. Programs
and Erika Miller, CRT Counselor, will serve as advisors for the new Beta
Pi Omega Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa.
To receive an invitation
to membership in Phi Theta Kappa students must have completed at least 12
hours of coursework that may be applied to an associate degree, must generally
have a grade point average of 3.5; and adhere to the standards of the Society.
In
order to charter a chapter of Phi Theta Kappa a college must be a regionally
accredited institution offering associate degree programs.
Members
of Phi Theta Kappa may apply for more than $36 million in transfer scholarships,
provided exclusively to Society members by more than 680 senior institutions.
In addition Phi Theta Kappa offers members numerous opportunities for
participation in honors programs, leadership training, and service to
their communities.
